On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 09:10 -0700, Greg Bailey wrote: > Gregg wrote: > > anyone know how to force network cards talk at gig speeds when all it > > wants to do is establish a connection at 100mbits > > > > root at host1 [/backup/cpbackup/daily]# mii-tool > > eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD, link ok > > eth1: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok > > > > > > > One of mii-tool's limitations is that it doesn't report gig speeds > correctly. > From the man page: > > NOTE > This program is obsolete. Valid media are only 100baseT4, > 100baseTx-FD,100baseTx-HD, 10baseT-FD and 10baseT-HD ethernet cards. For > replacement check eth-tool. > > Using ethtool: > > [root at el4-node1 ~]# ethtool eth0 > Settings for eth0: > Supported ports: [ TP ] > Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full > 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full > Supports auto-negotiation: Yes > Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full > 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full > Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes > Speed: 1000Mb/s > Duplex: Full > Port: Twisted Pair > PHYAD: 0 > Transceiver: internal > Auto-negotiation: on > Current message level: 0x000000ff (255) > Link detected: yes > > -Greg > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos awesome. I didn't know about that util. Thanks for the info and sure enough root at host1 [~/.ssh]# ethtool eth1 Settings for eth1: Supported ports: [ MII ] Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Supports auto-negotiation: Yes Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 1000baseT/Half 1000baseT/Full Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes Speed: 1000Mb/s Duplex: Full Port: Twisted Pair PHYAD: 1 Transceiver: internal Auto-negotiation: on Supports Wake-on: g Wake-on: d Current message level: 0x000000ff (255) Link detected: yes -Gregg